The video highlights an entertaining interview with actor Will Smith, revealing aspects of his life beyond acting. It features a fun anecdote shared by both Will and his wife Jada about a comical moment when they lacked money to buy their own product, Just Water, even humorously considering asking fans for $2. This story provides glimpses into their family dynamics and entrepreneurial venture.
The video is engaging as it explores humorous situations faced by celebrities, reflecting on financial decisions and communication within a long-term marriage. Will Smith's storytelling offers laughs and insights into both the struggles and joys he faces alongside his wife, Jada. With a focus on real-life experiences and linguistic learning, the video leverages these anecdotes in teaching English, further complemented by vocabulary enhancement on the RealLife English app.
Main takeaways from the video:
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Key Vocabularies and Common Phrases:
1. panhandle [ˈpænˌhændl] - (verb) - To beg for money or food in a public place. - Synonyms: (beg, ask, solicit)
...you will panhandle. You will go up to people and say, can I have money?
2. parched [pɑːrtʃt] - (adjective) - Extremely thirsty; needing water. - Synonyms: (thirsty, dehydrated, dry)
At which point, it was good because I was parched from the walk.
3. solo project [ˈsoʊloʊ ˈprɑːˌdʒɛkt] - (noun) - An activity done by one person, alone or independently. - Synonyms: (individual venture, personal task, lone undertaking)
This is a Will solo project.
4. collocation [ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃən] - (noun) - A natural combination of words in a language. - Synonyms: (word combination, phrase pairing, expression)
That's a great collocation, by the way, to hear your side of the story or my side of the story.
5. arrogant [ˈærəɡənt] - (adjective) - Having an exaggerated sense of one's abilities or importance. - Synonyms: (conceited, haughty, egotistical)
Cause she was like, I cannot believe you're so arrogant that you think so.
6. connected speech [kəˈnɛktɪd spiːʧ] - (noun) - The phenomenon where words are pronounced together in casual speech. - Synonyms: (fluent speech, flowing speech, linked pronunciation)
Now, pay attention to the connected speech in the phrasal verb walk up.
7. put your business in the street [pʊt jʊr ˈbɪznəs ɪn ðə striːt] - (phrase) - To share personal or private information publicly without permission. - Synonyms: (disclose secrets, make public, reveal privately)
Let me ask you this, Is there anything you do to make sure that you'll remember all the new words you're learning? Like in this lesson, for example, we've already covered expressions like hold up, to panhandle, to put your business in the street, and we're gonna cover many more throughout the lesson
8. treat [triːt] - (noun) - Something delightful or special given to someone. - Synonyms: (delight, indulgence, pleasure)
You think it would be a treat for strangers to give you money.
9. block [blɒk] - (noun) - A square or rectangular area in a city, surrounded by streets. - Synonyms: (section, district, area)
A block in this case is a group of buildings surrounded by four streets.
10. to walk up [tu wɒk ʌp] - (verb phrase) - To approach someone or something by walking. - Synonyms: (approach, come near, draw close)
And she was like, you want to walk up to perfect strangers and ask for money? So we see that his wife Jada wasn't so happy walking up to perfect strangers and asking them for money
Learn English with WILL SMITH — Funny INTERVIEW
Oh, man. She been putting my business in the street. She has. All right, what she said? She said you're. You're putting your business in the street is basically what she said. She said that when you don't have money, which she said is often you have no cash on you or no wallet on you, you will panhandle. You will go up to people and say, can I have money? All right, hold up. See? All right, so this has been a real issue in our marriage. It has. It says, right? So We've been together 20 years this new year. Oh, wow. Oh, that's a lot of years, right? But we almost ain't make it. We almost ain't make it, right?
So our family, we started a company. We just launched this company. It's called Just Water, right? So it's, you know, 81% paper bottle. And we were excited. Our family, first business outside of entertainment. And Whole Foods takes the company, and they're gonna have us in all 400 stores. So it was the first day, and we're walking down the street in New York, and I see the first pallet coming into the Whole Foods, and I'm like. I'm like, babe, look, look. That's our company. But I just. I don't wear jewelry. I rarely have money. I don't carry money with me, right?
So I was like, oh, man, it's 99 cents for each bottle, but. So $2, we could both get a bottle. She didn't have money. I didn't have money. And she was like, let's just walk back to the house. I was like, babe, it's four blocks to the house. I was like, oh, let's ask those people. I was like, what? You know, I was like, babe, I got an eye for Fresh Prince fans. I could tell. And she looked. She was like, what are you suggesting? I was like, well, it's $2. Let's go ask him for $2. And she was like, you wanna walk up to perfect strangers and ask for money? I was like, well, they Fresh Prince family.
And she was like, no, there's no way that we're gonna walk up to strangers and ask for money. I was like, well, babe, they would like it. They would. It would be fun for them to say Will and Jada, like, borrowed $2. It's a good story. She was like, they ain't gonna be able to say Will. And Jada did nothing. But. So we had. This is a Will solo project, but she made us walk four blocks to go get $2 and then four blocks back to buy the water, at which point, it was good because I was parched from the walk. And then four blocks back to the house.
Did I tell you something? This is exactly how she told this story also. But, I mean, the transcripts are the same. But in her version, she seemed right. And in your version, you seem right. It's like. Cause she was like, I cannot believe you're so arrogant that you think so. You're suggesting that it would be a treat for strangers to give you. We were excited. Our family first business outside of entertainment and Whole Foods takes the company and they're going to have us in all 400 stores. Whole Foods is an American supermarket chain specializing in selling high quality organic and natural foods.
So it was the first day and we're walking down the street in New York and I see the first palate coming into the the Whole Foods. When you walk down the street, you move along the street. It's a comical location to refer to walking. If the place we're at is a street or an avenue, for example. So when they walk down the street, they saw a pallet of their bottled water being delivered to the store. A pallet is a portable platform on which goods can be stacked, stored, and moved.
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